Tent



'w. H.'HANSEN.

TENT.

. APPLICA'HON FILED JULY 2. 1921.

Patented Apr. 18, 1922,

V TENT.

Specification of-LettersPatentf lgrtgntgdcAp g 15, 12322,

Application filed July 2,1921. Serial No. 482,237.

a citizen of the United States, residing at SanFrancisco, int-he county of San Francisco and State of'California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tents, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to tents and has for its primary object the provision of a tent wherein there is embodied an improved collapsible frame structure, which is capable of being assembled and disassembled ina minimum amount of time. 1

Another object of this invention is to provide a tent structure of the above mentioned character which will produce a tent of considerable proportions and of extreme rigidity and durability, and capable of being set up in a convenient and substantial manner.

A further object'of this invention is to provide a tent adaptable for use under all manner of camping or outdoor conditions, and a frame structure which is economical to manufacture, exceedingly light in weight and also durable and effectively rigid when in a set up condition,

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the tent structure assembled,

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the Ts forming a part of my invention,

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the braces or strut members shown connected to a center piece or base, forming a part of my invention,

Fig. 1 is a detail fragmentary View of one of the legs of the structure with one of theflaps of the covering secured thereto, and

Fig-5 is a perspective view of the tent structure completely assembled, with the tent coveringsecured thereto.

In the drawings wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of myinvention, the letter A indicates a tent including a top B and side and end portions C, which have formed therein a plurality of openings D which serve as eyelets.

The numerals 6, 7, 8 and 9 designate the legs of the structure which have their lower extremities preferably driven in the ground,

while their upper extremities are threadedly connected to thelower ends of curved Ts 10,11, 12and13, respectively. These legs consist I preferably of metal piping. or stamped material, which have formed thereon a plurality of lugs 14L which serve asbuttons and which are adapted to receive the eyelets D when the sides or ends of the tent are desired to be fastened to the legs of the structure.

Likewise threadedly' secured to the sides of the Ts are tubular sectional bars 15, 16, 17 and 18. These bars when assembled and inserted inthe Ts form a rectangular frame structure. spective bars of two sections and connect the respective sections by a union joint 19, so

that the said bars may be readily assembled and disassembled when the structure is set up or dismantled.

Adapted'to rest beneath the apex of the tent is a circular center or base member 20,

preferably made of wood, which has pro-w vided therein a plurality of recesses 21. In these recesses there are received the reduced extremities 22 of a plurality, preferably four in number, of Wooden braces or struts 23. In the opposite extremities 24 of the struts there are inserted'pins 25 which are adapted to be received in holes 26 formed in the respective elbows 10, 11, 12 and 13. The manof connecting the base member 20 and the struts is shown to advantage in Figure 3, andit will be apparent that each of the struts extending from the rectangular frame, formed by the bars and elbows, to the base member, serves to not only act as a brace means, but. also as a support for the top ofthe tent.

By employing the buttons and eyelets it will be apparent that any side ofthe tent may be used as'an exit and entrance by simply throwingbaclr one of the sides of '00 the tent.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing, it will be apparent that there is provided a tent of considerable utility wherein the parts are so arranged as to be capable of being will occupy but a very small amount of space tended or set up position, the tent structure is so formed as to be braced against all manner of stresses so that its undue or acciconveniently collapsed so that the structure dental collapse will be conveniently avoided.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, that various changes in the shape, size and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim A tent structure comprising a plurality of sectional bars, Ts for connecting said bars to each other to form a rectangular frame, a base member having a plurality of recesses therein,v brace members detachably connected to said base member and said Ts, each of said brace members terminating at one end in a reduced extremity and having a pin secured in the opposite end, and legs lVALTER H. HANSEN. 

